Job Title: Hygiene Promotion Assistants, IRC

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Job Description

The WASH- Hygiene promotion assistant will work under the overall leadership of the Senior Nutrition Officer and the Nutritionist for the implementation of the IRC WASH program in Turkana County. The role will support and assume responsibility for successful implementation and supervision of the WASH components of outreach and facility-based interventions in the target areas with close follow-ups at household level to clients (under-fives & PLWs) admitted into the program.

S/he will be responsible for the daily technical planning and providing training to community health volunteers (CHVs) , CHEWs, and Hygiene Committees in the catchment area, implementation, supervision, and monitoring of hygiene promotion activities ensuring positive  engagement of clients (under-fives & PLWs) admitted into the program in hygiene awareness and knowledge about personal, water, food, and environmental hygiene.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work towards the achievement of overall goals through effective supervision of hygiene related activities and lateral relations and teamwork.
  • Planning, monitoring and supervision of community health volunteers’ (CHVs) engaged in hygiene promotion activities, to ensure the quality of implementation.
  • Ensure appropriate community involvement and delivery of essential hygiene services and facilities.
  • Capacity building of community hygiene volunteers and monitoring to ensure the quality of deliverable activities.

Need Assessment

  • Participate in the initial need assessment at target communities’ level: carry out personal interviews at household level, facilitation of focus group discussions, visits to outreach sites and health facilities , and meeting with key stakeholders.

Project implementation 

  • In liaison with the WASH technical advisor, design appropriate water safety and treatment methods.
  • Assist in the design and interpretation of the water treatment formulations for different purposes.
  • Closely monitor the quality of water sources and apply corrective measures as necessary.
  • Conduct hygiene promotion sessions alongside community hygiene volunteers in the targeted community.
  • Identify, train and follow-up of activities of community hygiene promotion volunteers.
  • Provide training on hygiene promotion to community health volunteers.
  • Communicate techniques on environmental, food, water hygiene in the target households/ communities. Ensure that the various aspects of the hygiene activities are integrated with Gender, Protection and Health.
  • Spend time in the field with CHVs to ensure quality and impact of hygiene interventions in the field.
  • Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities are implemented based on the quality standards established by IRC/MOH through quality checklists.

Develop plans for the WASH-Hygiene Promotion

  • Spend time in the field with CHVs to ensure quality and impact of hygiene interventions in the field.
  • Ensure that the hygiene promotion activities are implemented based on the quality standards established by MOH/IRC through quality checklists.
  • Assist the line manager, design a detailed implementation work plan and procurement plan for WASH-Hygiene promotion activities to achieve the projects objectives on time and as per budgets.
  • Regularly evaluate the status of the WASH-Hygiene promotion activities   and propose the subsequent steps to achieve the project objectives.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

  • Daily monitoring and recording of field activities related to WASH-Hygiene promotion.
  • Track the project planned activity progress daily.
  • Assist the MEAL team in monitoring and evaluation and ensure project lessons are documented for future note.

Reporting

  • Weekly (or each time when necessary) brief written and oral reports to line manager.
  • Participate actively in terms of collecting required data to donors reports and proposals.

Integration and External Coordination

  • To participate to the hygiene/ WASH sector working groups in area of intervention.
  • To improve the collaboration with the relevant Turkana County government technical departments aligned to the project goals
  • Participate in sector integrated coordination and networking forums related to WASH-Hygiene Promotion at field level

Qualifications

  • Education: Minimum Diploma in Public health, Environmental Health or other related courses.
  • Minimum 1-2 years’ experience implementing hygiene practices at community level.
  • Experience in donor/ activity report writing and carrying out assessments.
  • Registered under relevant regulatory bodies e.g., Public Health Officers & Technicians Council (PHOTC)

Work Experience:

  • Experience in implementation of hygiene promotion activities.
  • Experience in establishment and training of Hygiene Promoters, WASH committees and School hygiene Clubs.
  • Experience in undertaking hygiene promotion activities and construction of latrines will be an added advantage

Other Competencies:

  • Ability to work as a member of a team is essential
  • Good communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with community members and leaders.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients at all times is essential.
  • Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when necessary and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
  • Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint, is an advantage.
  • Ability to work independently in a result oriented multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment and manage conflicting priorities.

Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowance.

Kenyan nationals are encouraged to apply.  International allowances are not available for this position. Salary and employee benefits are compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector. 

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Disclaimer:

Please take note that International Rescue Committee (IRC) does not ask for any fees in connection with its recruitment processes.

For more and application: https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/24128?c=rescue

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